Why do we kill each other?
Pedro Rocamora inducted as an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Veterinary Sciences of Spain with the speech “¿Por qué nos matamos? Etología del conflicto en primates y en humanos”
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Category: Anthropology
The intellectual forge of the west
Joaquín Callabed delves into classical tradition and the lessons it offers for the present in his latest articles: “Democritus, Father of Modern Science,” “The Venus de Milo as an Icon of Beauty,” “The Landmark of Myron’s ‘Discus Thrower,’” “Zeno of Citium, Founder of Stoicism,” “The Struggle for Freedom, According to Herodotus,” and “Prometheus, Benefactor of Humanity.”
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The dangerous drift of biotechnology
Lluís Giner addresses the emergence of biotechnology and its implications for human enhancement and transhumanism in his presentation “Educación transformadora. Apuntes para una reevaluación del diálogo entre humanismo y tecnología” (Transformative Education: Notes for a Re-evaluation of the Dialogue between Humanism and Technology.)
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How we have changed
María Jesús Berlana presents Prehistory as a science capable of explaining how humankind has evolved to the present day, both biologically and culturally, during her lecture, “Las cosas no siempre han sido así. Cómo hemos cambiado” (Things Haven’t Always Been This Way: How We’ve Changed)
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Health and disease in the contemporary world
Manuel Sans Segarra presents a broad reflection from the fields of medicine, philosophy, and social criticism on the concept of health and its deterioration in the contemporary context
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The island of Doctor Moreau and the ‘therians’
August Corominas reflects on human and animal identity, and scientific ethics, in the article “The Island of Doctor Moreau and the ‘Therians'”
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